Originally Posted by wyndhy

okay, questions:

1. if ka is a wheel but time only runs one-way on the keystone worlds HOW was roland made to go back? why would he think gan did it to be cruel?

I don't think Roland is part of any of the worlds but part of all the worlds. He is part of the white and thus not part of the rules. He is a cog that protects the tower and the beams.

2. why did roland feel hinky about reading insomnia? was it becuase of patricks picture? did he think it would have deterred him from going? cause he already knew about the picture, he was told by the people at tet. did he think if he heard it from susanna it would have made a difference?

Although Roland forgets all the times he has gone through this quest, he still has vague memories of it, he often just knew things that no one else could have known, and it was said that he wasn't using the touch. So he just knew or perhaps trusted inKa that it was the right decision.

3. does it happen the same way eevry time? if it doesn't then how was patrick, as a boy, able to draw roland at the top? if it does then, again, there were people drawn from a keystone world (one-way time) and... refer to question 1. or perhaps that is the reason that the three he drew could not go to the tower 'cause if they did then they would have remembered??? and not gone???

I think it is a lot like the maxtrix, in that it has to happen, but doesn't happen in exactly the same way, or with the same players. The essence of the players is always the same and the tower stands at the end of all of it, if it didn't then this story could not have been told.

4. if it does happen the same way every time, do you think that the horn will make a difference this time? was that all that was needed? for roland, not the roses, to sound the horn? what is the significance of that?

Nope, the roses, or whatever will make the noise if it is not there.

great thread, aqua! i am anxious to hear others' opinions. bigbad has a few good ones but i'll let him speak for himself.